1st big snow of winter 2012

This weekend we got our first big snow for the winter.  Sadie was so excited she could hardly wait to get outside and "play in winter".  She loved every minute of it, she would fall and just laugh and get back up.  She would even just lay down in the snow and say she was taking a nap. 

 

Halloween 2012

 

 

Halloween this year was so much fun!  Sadie was so excited about everything Halloween.  We spent the entire month of October spotting Halloween around town, singing Halloween songs, reading Halloween books and other such festivities.  It is fun to see as she is starting to understand and get excited about the Holidays.  Here are a few pictures from the month....

 

We went to Gardner Village twice to see the Witches.  Once with Kelsey, Harmon and Sammy and then again with Jon and Andrea's family.  It was fun to see all the silly witches and spend time with friends and family.

 

 

 

We had fun carving pumpkins.  Sadie enjoyed scooping out the goo from the inside.  When we asked her what kind of faces we should make she said one happy and one sad so that is what we did.

I had been over to my brother's house and had admired their porch decorations the next day I received a text from David with a picture of my front porch that said "you've been stalked"  Thanks Dave I love it!!!

                                                              

 

This year for Halloween Sadie was a Dutch girl.  Wendy found this adorable costume and it just happened to be the perfect size for Sadie.  She looked so cute and everyone loved that she went tromping through the neighborhood trick or treating in those big wooden shoes!  Way to represent the heritage Sadie!

                                                                   two little Dutch girls

After all of these photos Sadie thought she needed to get behind the camera so she took some of us.  She kept saying things like "ok one more"  "say trick or treat"  "Say Halloween"!  A little blurry but for a two year old not too shabby. 

We are looking forward to the upcoming Holidays.  October was a blast with this little girl I can only imagine what the magic of Christmas will do to her! 

St George September 2012

 

 

We made our yearly family trip with my family down to St. George to see Wendy and to go to Tuacahn.  This year we saw Aladdin, I loved it!  I am always a little hesitant to see great Disney movies changed into musicals for the stage because they are never the same.  Aladdin was super fun though great music and lots of humor.  I don't know why I didn't get my camera out until everyone had left except our little family but here are some pictures of us enjoying the St. George sun in Wendy's pool. 

 

 

Sadie did better this year in the big pool but was still happiest playing in the wading pool.  We will see what next year brings.

Random....

 

Here are just a few random pictures of Sadie....She got a new big girl bed Labor day weekend.  She was so excited and has done a great job staying in it.  I will admit I was really nervous for the transition but she has loved it.  For the first couple of days after we got it she would just close the door to her room and read books on her new bed, no mom or dad allowed.  I think we may have had a small glimpse into the teenage years!

 

 

                               
                                               One day while playing at grandma Terry's house she found this caboodle full of lanyards Grandpa has gotten at all the many trade shows he has been to through the years.  She put everything on including the glasses and said see ya I am going to Hawaii!!!!  I am not sure where she got the Hawaii thing probably because we had talked about Grandma Claudia and Grandpa Bruce were in Hawaii with Todd and Julie.  She was ready to go see them I guess. 

                                   

                         Sadie has been loving Dora the explorer and Grandma Terry got a cool Dora dress up at her house.  Sadie had fun dressing up like Dora wig and all!

Sadie loves to take pictures on our camera.  She thinks she is taking pictures of us but she always has the camera turned backward so I have a camera full of pictures similar to these..... so cute though.